Organization of Text

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Non-fiction Text Features - Orange Unit I

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Non-Fiction Text Features Chart
Organization of Text

often varies with type of text, but common patterns exist:
  • chronological order - details are arranged in the order in which they happen
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  • order of importance - details are arranged in order of importance: least important to most important or most important to least important
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  • cause-effect - details are arranged to show connections between a result and the events that preceded it
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  • comparison-contrast - details are arranged to show similarities and differences between two or more subjects
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  • listing - details are arranged in a simple list
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  • classification - details are placed into categories

  • problem-solution - details are arranged to show a problem and then a way to solve the problem

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  • spatial - details are arranged geographically from left to right, right to left, top to bottom, and so on

  • mixed - some details are arranged one way, and other details are arranged in another way